A new podcast about the murder of Bob Chappell on the 26th January 2009. His de facto partner Susan Neill-Fraser 'Sue' was found guilty of his murder in 2010, but an appeal on the grounds of fresh and compelling evidence remains before the Supreme Court of Tasmania. This is the story.

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The Four Winds yacht is sinking and Bob Chappell has vanished. His body is never found, but for police, his partner of 18 years Sue Neill-Fraser becomes the obvious suspect.

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Police considered Sue cold and calculating, dumping Bob’s body in the river weighed down with a fire extinuisher. A sonar search for Bob started three months too late.

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Police said the relationship was over and Sue wanted Bob’s money and the boat. Why did the judge say this murder warranted a heavier sentence than most murders?

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Sue’s stories about her movements alerted police to inconsistencies and lies. Witnesses reporting a strange grey dinghy were dismissed while others whose stories had holes were accepted.

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Someone predicts the boat would sink and something terrible would happen to Bob. Police install listening devices.  Sue admits she did go down to the foreshore in the dead of night.

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A witness describes Sue’s plots to kill her brother and Bob Chappell. A vendetta with a hit list is uncovered, and lies get torn apart. Is Sue connected to another missing man?

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A high profile fatal car crash shocks Tasmania. The Director of Public Prosecutions is sentenced. The wrench, the latex gloves and the blood in the dinghy all come under scrutiny.  

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